1983 Cricket World Cup: Facts and Figures


England was once again host the 1983 Prudential Cup, which was a roller coaster from the word go. The shape remains the same, and Zimbabwe for the first time in the tournament in 1983 Cricket World Cup is nothing short of an upset.

Once again, the West Indies have been marked as favorites and all the other teams are expected to play catch them. In the end the group stage, four teams that qualified for the semifinals were the West Indies, India, England and Pakistan.

In the first semifinal, in an unexpected development in India has come out on top against the English quite comfortably with a 6 wicket victory. Mohinder Amarnath was during the whole performance not only helped his side secure a place in the finals, but won him the Man of the Match award. Pakistan seemed rusty from the word go and the West Indies was in no mood to forgive them, they package Pakistan is in a relatively small total and then walked to a comfortable 8 wicket win with Vivian Richards once again proves that the star factor for the men in maroon caps.

of the Lord, the Mecca of cricket played host to a third consecutive final and all the cricketing pundits are putting their money on Windies purely because of its fabulous history and head to head play against India. As provided by the Indian batting line showed minimal resistance to the mighty fast bowling by West Indies and all were knocked over for 183 runs. Nature favored India that day, because at the beginning of West Indian batting, weather deteriorated and they were bowled for 140 runs against India seems to help lift their first and only WC trophy by now. Amarnath again turned out to be inspired by a factor and was awarded man of Match award. 384 runs scored David Gower (ENG) take the package to run scorer and Roger Binny (Ind.) took 18 wickets to lead the bowlers.

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